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10/5/11

Guardian: Bob Dylan now favourite to take the Nobel prize for literature



The Guardian reports: Bob Dylan now favourite to take the Nobel prize for literature

"Odds on Dylan running away with the Nobel prize for literature tomorrow tumble from 100/1 to 5/1"

Now that would be a trip. We don't believe it will happen.

Update: Nobel prize for literature: Tomas Tranströmer joins a strange gang
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